Companies hoping to create the “AdSense for video” just got some major competition. Google has announced that it is launching a pilot with a small group of publishers to test streaming video ads in their online video content. With this pilot, publishers control when the ads play in their videos and choose which videos get […]

Wallstrip, the Rocketboom of financial news, has been purchased by CBS Interactive for a price in the millions, with a multi-year commitment to continue show and enhance its site. “You can make money from blogging!” said Wallstrip’s Howard Lindzon. The show, described as “Cramer with breasts” by its creator, is a short (about four minute) […]

ESPN today launched a set of free, downloadable video podcasts available daily. The first video podcast offerings include: a downloadable version of the popular ESPN.com SportsCenter Minute; the “Big Finish” from ESPN‚Äôs Pardon The Interruption (PTI); the “First Word” segment from ESPN‚Äôs Around The Horn; ESPN Digital Media‚Äôs “Fantasy Focus” daily original fantasy sports news […]

The future of Internet television belongs to free video podcasts and ad-supported video downloads, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Forrester estimates that paid video downloads will peak in 2007, generating $279 million in revenue, up from $98 million last year. Beyond 2007, advertising models will drive the online video market. Despite the […]

Rocketboom’s Andrew Michael Baron has an interesting post at his personal site about the huge interest in creating Internet video platforms. Baron name checks Open Media Network, Current.tv, Akimbo, AT&T Homezone, Brightcove, Innertube and others, asking “Why are these always going wrong or why are they not going better?” There are some good reasons why, […]

Natalie Portman, star of the Star Wars prequels and V is for Vendetta, is rumored to be shopping around for funding for a new reality Internet video project: Natalie Portman’s effort appears more in the line of Justin.tv, the Yale graduate who had been filming every minute of his life, or Lonely Girl 15, the […]

NBC Universal has announced that it plans to limit the length of pre-roll advertising (ads displayed before you get any content) in short Internet videos to 15 seconds or less. NBC’s move appears to be part of a trend towards shorter, more targeted advertising in Internet video. Unfortunately, it looks like MTV is bucking this […]

Responding to an Internet revolt over the censorship of sites that have posted a number key that can be used to unencrypt HD-DVDs,¬† Advanced Access Content System (AACS) head Michael Ayers said that they’ve received “good cooperation from most folk” in response to takedown requests intended to ban the information from the Internet. It looks […]

Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday called on Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean to make video from any Democratic presidential debates available “for free and without restriction.” Obama supports a call from Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig to share the debate videos and eliminate unnecessary regulation of political speech. “Technology has exploded the opportunity […]

YouTube has announced a new program to expand its revenue sharing program to top YouTube video bloggers, including LisaNova, renetto, HappySlip, smosh, and valsartdiary. Participating user-partners will be treated as other content partners and will have the ability to control the monetization of the videos they create. Once they‚Äôve selected a video to be monetized, […]